But combine his right-wing populism with some booing, and Freepers rush to cannonize the man!
See, Cruz recently went to an Arab Christian forum and went full-on pro Israel. The thing is, that Israel can sometimes be a bit of a dick in Arab world, regardless of your faith. So he got booed, said the crowd hated Jews, and then walked off the stage.
A minor political debacle. And one Freepers were eager to turn into a masterstroke.
Eagles6 knows what getting booed makes him think of.
He didn’t get booed off the stage, he stood up there like a man and told the audience that he wouldn’t stand in front of them if they didn’t support Israel. It was a great moment.Though it's weakness when there's a hint Obama's unpopular with anybody.
Presidential.
tanknetter finds preaching to the choir to be another of Cruz's virtues.
Cruz is a master debater. He knows full well that sometimes you need to provoke the other side into a bad reaction to open the door to getting your point across to a much wider audience.Heh. Master debater.
Arthur McGowan thinks this was all part of Cruz's plan.
Unless evidence otherwise surfaces, my gut tells me Cruz went there in order to bring the anti-Semite cockroaches out of hiding, and succeeded.
No honest person will, in future, be deceived by this outfit’s claim to be “Christian.” They are clearly a Muslim Brotherhood front.PoloSec follows on with the "if you don't like Israel you're a terrorist"
It appears Al-Qaeda has infiltrated the Christian Church.For all the Sarah love, "He exposes everything that is evil" may be the most cultish thing I've heard on Free Republic to date.
Cruz 2016!
He exposes everything that is evil.
Navy Patriot senses false flags.
I would almost guarantee that these folks that started the booing were political plants and operatives ...WaterWeWaitinFor agrees - whenever anyone disagrees with a Republican in public, they're paid by the DNC.
Ya got a point, it's standard leftist Commie operating procedure.
Plants... the Dems always, always, always do that.You'd think the "we surround them, Dems only win because of fraud" delusion would cause more political problems, but it seems manageable, as it's been around since at least Clinton.
Gee, Gov. Scott Walker was booed and harassed at an award ceremony for Special Olympic children/young adults here in WI during the ruckus of that recall. What class. But all low.
bolobaby swoons at the toughness.
Cruz was brilliant. The last thing we need is another pvssy in the White House who won’t “diplomatically insult” someone.I'm not sure, but it sounds like matthew fuller hasn't gotten a boner since he 1970s.
Hey, Pootie Poot - you listening?
Every time I hear him speak, I come away with the exact same feeling about him and his positions as I did when I heard the radio addresses of Ronald Reagan before he ran for President. Deja Vu all over again!txhurl - loves him some Random Capitalization.
Fear the wrath of a patient man.fwdude isn't saying Ted Cruz is Jesus, but...
Do not be misled by the Left who target our most clean and honorable leaders.
They know we are coming for them, and they are throwing grenades everywhere to Stop Our Message.
I believe Jesus was “booed” off many stages. Not comparing Ted to Jesus, only that the truth will often get you booed.left that other site may actually be saying Ted Cruz is Jesus.
God Bless Ted Cruz!hecticskeptic must find Free Republic remarkably unchristian.
BTW his name is significant.
Ted=Edward= (Old French...”Warrior”)
Cruz= (Spanish..”The Cross”)
I highly doubt that there were many in the room that Cruz was speaking to that would pass one of the tests for being a true Christian....
Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Yashcheritsiy - Sola fide or else you tend to hate Christians!
Most culturally Christian groups in the ME, like the Copts, Assyrians, Maronites, etc., do not teach salvation by grace through faith on the Lord Jesus Christ alone. They add works, sacraments, liturgy, and all the rest of the trappings of what the Bible calls "will worship" - i.e. manmade worship that replaces the gospel of grace.1. I guess Catholics are SOL
Obviously, this doesn't mean we should stand by and ignore it when ISIS or the Muslim Brotherhood rounds them up and rapes and kills them. But it DOES explain why a major fruit of genuine conversion to the Lord Jesus Christ - that of loving God's people - is vociferously absent from them, by and large.
2. Note you only need to love God's people. Convenient, if not super Biblical.
TurkeyLurkey - it's not just heresy, but infiltration, dun dun dun!
Not Christian, but an infiltration—Palestinian Liberation Theology—based on Replacement Theology of several major denomination, who believe that the church has replaced Israel, a belief based on faulty biblical interpretation that ignores the Old Testament and is anti-Semitic. It is pervading churches, schools and universities in this country. Soros funds over 30 organizations that spread it.Texicanus is a regular Holden Caulfield with all his phonies.
Do not be confused because we are surrounded by fake Christians, fake Jews, fake Republicans, and fake patriots. People who claim to lead us but do not support G-D, our Constitution, and his Word. The truth exposes the real haters. Notice the hate they have for Sara Palin and now Ted Cruz. The true Christians will be hated in Jesus’ name."The true Christians will be hated in Jesus’ name." Obama must be the most Christian of all!
The devil and his many antiChrist followers are out to misdirect, mislead, and confuse. Do not be deceived by their lies. Truly these are the latter days unfolding before us.
SamuraiScot will hate Middle East Christians until the next news story about Obama not invading to save them.
Middle East Christians are the biggest Jew-haters I've ever seen. They act like coward dhimmies. Get their butts handed to them by the Moslems, getting exterminated—and they come to my church at Christmas time selling carved knick-knacks and complaining about how the JEWS in Israel are hurting their business by taking security measures.Finny declares them all liberals, and that, as they say, is that.
Amen. Me too. In real-life experience, the only Jew haters I know are leftists. People I know on the right are ... like Cruz, and you. And me.
What you have to remember about Ted Cruz ...
ReplyDeletein freeperland he is considered to be one of the "good" hispanics from anti-Castro Cuban stock, not one of the "bad" hispanics from everywhere else.
Tanknetter is absolutely right about Ted really talking to a "wider" audience ... he knew exactly what he was doing and expected that response.
He (like all freepers and conservatives) doesn't give a fig about Arab Christians.
Be fair - not many Americans give a fig about what is happening 2 states over, never mind abroad, regardless of color or creed (though, yes, both have an effect.) Still - broad brushing a bit there when you say ALL freepers and conservatives..
DeleteI stand by what I said ...
DeleteCruz knew full well that an audience of Arab Christians would be the closest he could ever come to publicly berating Arab Muslims, so he went for it.
He knew full well his tea party constituency would just see him yelling at ARABS! and praise him for it.
And yes, I'm broad brushing when I say ALL freepers, and in this case the broad brush covers quite well.
It wasn't the freepers bit I was objecting to being broad brushed. There are sane conservatives out there, just as there are fiscally responsible Democrats. Diane Feinstein (for example) is opposed to my thoughts on nearly all things, but she takes her job on the Intelligence Committee deadly seriously - got to respect that.
DeleteI agree it was a stunt. A foolish one, at that.The right has enough problems with perceptions of intolerance without some grandstander proving it.
Well then, EC, perhaps you are not a "trve" conservative as defined by the ditto-head tea party right these days ...
DeleteConservatism can no longer be constrained by mere "small government" leanings ...
to be a "trve" conservative these days, you must:
1) be no-exception anti-abortion
2) be anti-contraception
3) be an anti-evolutionist 6-day creationist
4) be anti-gay, hating both the sin and the sinner
5) be anti-common core
6) be generally anti-public school
7) being generally anti-education in all respects earns you extra points
8) knowing in your heart that America is Jesus' favorite country ever!
9) oh, and that Jesus was white and had short hair.
So, perhaps while you may give a fig about Arab Christians, "trve" conservatives do not.
Damn - I only get 2 of them - 5 and 6.
Delete1) Rape (police report to be shown), incest, exceptionally underage, or life of the mother. Nothing after 24 weeks except in the last case.
2) How can one be anti-contraception yet pro personal responsibility?
3) Genesis is a pesher. A reasonably accurate one too. Not meant to be taken literally.
4) Not my sin. Why should I worry? Got enough of my own to atone for.
5) Yep - one size does not fit all in learning.
6) Pretty much. I've taught, and getting rid of crap teachers is virtually impossible.
7) Again - stupid. How can someone get on and get ahead if they know jack?
8) His Dad's favorite is Israel. ;)
9) Insular bunch, aren't they. Jesus probably looked more like bin Laden.
See what I mean about perception problems? Every item you listed is socon - who tend to get about as shrill as your race baiters. A little bit hypocritical of them too - bitching about the Dems using big government to force things on people yet waiting their turn to do the same.
I won't say "all" this or "all" that, but Freepers make it pretty clear on a regular basis that they're only concerned about certain Christians, depending on where they live, what they look like, and what kind of theology they espouse. Otherwise, fuck 'em is how they seem to feel. They're usually most concerned if Obama isn't bombing their enemies fast enough, but other than that, aren't very interested. You know, "core values."
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